Job ID:
Job date: 2018-05-11
End Date: 2018-06-08
Company : GlaxoSmithKline Country : United States Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2018-05-11
End Date: 2018-06-08
Company : GlaxoSmithKline Country : United States Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
Do you have expertise in Natural Language Processing ? Want to join an organisation that's blazing the trail in the storage of big scientific data ? GSK is creating a Digital, Data and Analytics group within R&D to unlock the potential of this vast pool of data - and we need your help to achieve this! The Opportunity … Biological and chemical data underpin everything we do and with advances in automation and instrumentation, the volume and complexity of these data have increased to unprecedented levels.The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply cutting edge knowledge extraction, natural language processing and text mining to reduce the time it takes to get drugs to the clinic and ultimately to patients. The increasing volume of biomedical scientific literature makes it progressively more challenging to follow the breadth of new developments. They will be leveraging state-of-the-art NLP and text mining algorithms to aid in overcoming this challenge in multiple areas of the R&D enterprise, engaging with multidisciplinary teams to identify opportunities and challenges in this broad space, and then implementing and optimizing their solutions. The successful candidate will remain at the cutting-edge of data science technologies, have the opportunity to attend/present at conferences and publish their research in peer reviewed journals. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a global team working in a critical growth area for GSK. Key Responsibilities …
Additional Info:
When applying for this role, please use the 'cover letter' of the on-line application to clearly describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter will be used to assess your application. Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. LI-GSK If requiring an adjustment for a disability, once selected for interview you may contact ukdiversity.recruitment@gsk.com Why GSK?: GSK is a science-led global healthcare company. We research and develop a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas of Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare. We have a significant global presence with commercial operations in more than 150 countries, a network of 89 manufacturing sites, and large R&D centres in the UK, USA, Belgium and China. At GSK we are leaders in what we do - our pharmaceuticals business is made up of innovative and established medicines and holds leading positions in respiratory disease and HIV, in 2015 we distributed more than 690 million doses of vaccines to over 150 countries, and our Consumer Healthcare group has a portfolio of some of the world’s most trusted and best selling brands. As a company our mission is to help people do more, feel better, live longer. To find out more about life at GSK, click here. Contact information: You may apply for this position online by selecting the Apply now button. If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK HR Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or +1 801 567 5155 (outside US). GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class. Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK’s Transparency Reporting For the Record site. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Do you have expertise in Natural Language Processing ? Want to join an organisation that's blazing the trail in the storage of big scientific data ? GSK is creating a Digital, Data and Analytics group within R&D to unlock the potential of this vast pool of data - and we need your help to achieve this! The Opportunity … Biological and chemical data underpin everything we do and with advances in automation and instrumentation, the volume and complexity of these data have increased to unprecedented levels.The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply cutting edge knowledge extraction, natural language processing and text mining to reduce the time it takes to get drugs to the clinic and ultimately to patients. The increasing volume of biomedical scientific literature makes it progressively more challenging to follow the breadth of new developments. They will be leveraging state-of-the-art NLP and text mining algorithms to aid in overcoming this challenge in multiple areas of the R&D enterprise, engaging with multidisciplinary teams to identify opportunities and challenges in this broad space, and then implementing and optimizing their solutions. The successful candidate will remain at the cutting-edge of data science technologies, have the opportunity to attend/present at conferences and publish their research in peer reviewed journals. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a global team working in a critical growth area for GSK. Key Responsibilities …
- Develop information retrieval approaches suitable for diverse range of biomedical corpora, ranging from published literature to internal reports.
- Implement relationship extraction approaches combined with named entity recognition to enable mapping of biological and chemical literature into a knowledge network.
- Develop highly scalable models leveraging machine learning and statistical modelling to explore the resulting knowledge networks
- Lead exciting research on the application of machine learning towards understanding disease and developing new drugs
- Work collaboratively to architect and implement data-science solutions, mapping the data processing flow from raw data or data stores, to identifying optimal data analytics approaches, to data visualization and working with users to optimize the user experience
- Developing proof-of-value prototypes for new NLP/ machine learning approaches
- Consult on data analytics, machine learning, and NLP software best practices
- Work collaboratively with other teams and scientific lines to identify and refine key NLP-related problems and challenges
- Evaluate cutting edge NLP and text mining third-party software
- Represent GSK at external conferences and partnerships (academic and industrial)
- Contribute to the data culture at GSK through publication, collaborations, and code-sharing
- Communicate progress and challenges to key stakeholders within the DDA group and with external partners
- Play an important role in delivering our mission
- Be an essential part of diverse, global team
- Develop others as part of your own professional growth
- 4+ years experience working in the field of Natural Language Processing, with a focus on named entity recognition and relationship extraction in the biomedical domain
- Strong mathematical foundations and experience in advanced machine learning methods
- Strong programming skills in one or more of the following: Python, R, C++, Java
- Comfortable working in a UNIX-based distributed compute environment
- Proven track record of achieving and disseminating results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as contributions or publications and conferences
- Ability to contribute as a member of a diverse global team of like-minded professionals
- Proven experience in applying NLP methods to scientific literature or biomedical datasets
- Proven experience with machine learning and AI packages such as scikit-learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch, word2vec, NLTK
- Experience with established life science text mining solutions such as Scibite and Linguamatics
- Experience with applying machine learning to complex network data and knowledge graphs
- Experience collaborating with experts and leading projects in the life sciences
- Experience developing models within industry at scale from inception to business impact
- Knowledge of the software development process and agile scrum workflows
- Experience with cloud-based resources like AWS
- Experience with big data tools (Spark/Hadoop, S3/HDFS, NoSQL, SOLR, ElasticSearch)
Requeriments :
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in computational biology
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Computer Science
Skills :
- Lunix/Unix
- Machine Learning
- Mathematics
- Modeling
- NoSQL
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Java
- Programming in R
- Software Design
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
When applying for this role, please use the 'cover letter' of the on-line application to clearly describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter will be used to assess your application. Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. LI-GSK If requiring an adjustment for a disability, once selected for interview you may contact ukdiversity.recruitment@gsk.com Why GSK?: GSK is a science-led global healthcare company. We research and develop a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas of Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare. We have a significant global presence with commercial operations in more than 150 countries, a network of 89 manufacturing sites, and large R&D centres in the UK, USA, Belgium and China. At GSK we are leaders in what we do - our pharmaceuticals business is made up of innovative and established medicines and holds leading positions in respiratory disease and HIV, in 2015 we distributed more than 690 million doses of vaccines to over 150 countries, and our Consumer Healthcare group has a portfolio of some of the world’s most trusted and best selling brands. As a company our mission is to help people do more, feel better, live longer. To find out more about life at GSK, click here. Contact information: You may apply for this position online by selecting the Apply now button. If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK HR Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or +1 801 567 5155 (outside US). GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class. Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK’s Transparency Reporting For the Record site. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]